Archive: 7 January 2002
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Mon, 07 Jan 2002
[b]Why the delay in search
Why the delay in search for new TNI chief?Imanuddin Staff Writer The Jakarta Post2. Yomiuri -- Rx for economic doldrums 1 x 28 36 pt Japan's collapsing economyGlobal depression could start in JapanJapan sourceYomiuri Shimbun
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
1. Malaria: 8 x 4 lines
1. Malaria: 8 x 4 lines Malaria kills 54 people in Banyumas2. Yuwono: 24 x 2 lines: Yuwono Susetyo remains silent on kidnapping3. Lumpuh: 16 x 2 lines PT KAI halts service in North Sumatra
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Why the delay in search for new TNI chief?
Why the delay in search for new TNI chief?Imanuddin, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A reshuffle in the Indonesian Military (TNI) leadership is always interesting and closely watched by a number of people, especially those in political circles, as the person selected to serve as the TNI...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Good press, bad press
Good press, bad press If freedom of expression is the yardstick by which to measure democracy, and if freedom of the media is one criterion to gauge that freedom of expression, then democracy in Indonesia may be in peril.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
No arrest of militants, Muslim leaders warn
No arrest of militants, Muslim leaders warnBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesian Muslim leaders on Sunday called on law enforcement agencies not to follow the example of Malaysia and Singapore in arresting militants, as it would not help to improve the country's security situation.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
TV Program: Monday, January 7, 2002
TV Program: Monday, January 7, 2002TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News 8:05 Environment8:45 City News10:00 Children's Song10:30 30 Minutes with Anita Rahman11:00 News11:30 Music12:00 p.m. News1:00 Talk Show2:00 News2:30 Debating3:30 Talk Show4:00 Quiz5:00 TV Drama6:00 News7:00 Dialog8:00...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Indonesian hopefuls for Asian Games to take preliminary tests at Jatiluhur
Indonesian hopefuls for Asian Games to take preliminary tests at JatiluhurMusthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta All national athletes selected for the Busan, South Korea Asian Games 2002 in September will gather for a week at Jatiluhur reservoir in Purwakarta, West Java starting Monday in a bid to...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Should Soeharto be absolved?
Should Soeharto be absolved? Last June 8, 2001 Soeharto turned 80. Since his admission to hospital, we have heard contradictory news about his health. Some have said his condition is worsening; others have told us that he is in pretty good shape, able to recognize visitors and talk to them.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Why all this doubt?
Why all this doubt? The hike in fuel prices, electricity as well as telephone rates are unavoidable. The increase is caused by various factors that leave us with only two options: Raising the rates so that the companies can properly function or retaining the current rates with decreased quality of...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
NU - Muhammadiyah cooperation
NU - Muhammadiyah cooperation We welcome the meeting between Indonesia's two largest Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah.The positive impact of the meeting at NU's headquarters at the beginning of the new year will be felt throughout 2002, as the amicable relationship is...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Bangka doubts Jakarta will keep its words
Bangka doubts Jakarta will keep its wordsThe Jakarta Post, Bangka Acting governor of Bangka-Belitung province Amur Muhasim said over the weekend that he doubted the Jakarta Administration would transport its garbage to the islands to refill tin-mining sites there.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Saudi princess may face federal slavery charges: official
Saudi princess may face federal slavery charges: officialAgence France-Presse, Washington United States authorities are investigating the possibility of charging a Saudi princess with enslaving her Indonesian maid, a Justice Department official said on Saturday.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Death of law enforcement
Death of law enforcementFrom Rakyat MerdekaAlthough the year 2001 has passed and 2002 has just begun, the prospects for law enforcement and respect for human rights are still not bright in this country.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Batam industrial forest blockaded
Batam industrial forest blockaded BATAM, Riau: The development of an industrial forest on the island was halted when hundreds of locals blockaded the location after PT Barelang Woods Industry (BWI), the developer, apparently failed to pay compensation for the land appropriated for the project.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Fire destroys 300 kiosks in Petisah market, Medan
Fire destroys 300 kiosks in Petisah market, MedanThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta At least 300 kiosks selling second hand clothes and household items at the Petisah market on Jl. Nibung Raya in downtown Medan, North Sumatra, were destroyed by fire at dawn on Sunday.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Truth commission 'must first probe' New Order abuses
Truth commission 'must first probe' New Order abusesBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Rights advocates questioned on Sunday the time span of human rights violations to be addressed through the proposed Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), arguing that the government should give...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Gus Dur asks for delay in summons
Gus Dur asks for delay in summons Former president Abdurrahman Wahid canceled his plan to fulfill a summons by Jakarta Police for questioning on Monday and asked for it to be postponed, his lawyer said.Luhut M.P.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Landslide kills four people in N. Sulawesi
Landslide kills four people in N. SulawesiYongker Rumthe, The Jakarta Post, Manado Landslides and floods that hit several villages in the regency of Sangihe Talaud in North Sulawesi between last Wednesday and Saturday killed four people, destroyed 62 houses and forced hundreds to seek refuge.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Resolute negotiations for Thailand and Myanmar
Resolute negotiations for Thailand and MyanmarDon Pathan, The Nation, Asia News Network, Bangkok When they really needed it the most, it wasn't there. But after two years of putting it off, the Thai-Burma (Myanmar) Joint Commission is now back on track.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
A comprehensive plan needed to prevent flood
A comprehensive plan needed to prevent floodAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Almost all city officials concerned with flooding have realized that without an integrated program, Jakarta, 40 percent of whose total 24,000 square kilometers is low-lying land, can never be free from the dangers...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Foreign firms invited to operate city buses
Foreign firms invited to operate city busesAhmad Junaidi The Jakarta Post Jakarta The city administration is considering inviting foreign firms to operate new buses along certain city bus routes in October this year.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
* Headlines: Govt vows to fight kerosene shortage 2
* Headlines: Govt vows to fight kerosene shortage 2* Opinion: In search for new TNI chief 4* City: Who needs Military Command in Jakarta? 6* Archipelago: Four died in Sangihe Talaud landslide 7 * National: Who are behind delay of human rights trial? 8* World: Boy crashes plane into building 10*...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Asian airlines expect rebound this year
Asian airlines expect rebound this yearJason Szep, Reuters, Tokyo Flying to Bali from Tokyo on New Year's Eve cost at least US$1,290. That's for an economy seat in one of Asia's cheapest airlines, Garuda Indonesia.Wait another week, and the price tumbles to $375.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Internet helps people find information
Internet helps people find information A few weeks ago, an Indonesian weekly magazine reported that IBM had a low-cost alternative to the pricey, but immensely popular, Microsoft Office.It was, according to the magazine, called "SmartSweet.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Lehman Brothers to ink new venture with RP bank
Lehman Brothers to ink new venture with RP bankAgence France-Presse, Manila U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was set to sign an agreement with the Philippines' Metrobank Group to jointly set up an asset management company to absorb soured loans, central bank sources said Sunday.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
West Java talks with Rotterdam port
West Java talks with Rotterdam port BANDUNG: West Java officials have announced plans to cooperate with the Rotterdam Municipal Port Management in the Netherlands to improve the Cirebon port's service with the aim of attracting businessmen and their commerce.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
PT KAI halts service in North Sumatra
PT KAI halts service in North SumatraApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Medan State-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) has temporarily halted its operations in North Sumatra until Jan.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Koizumi seeks to expand influence in Asia
Koizumi seeks to expand influence in AsiaShingo Ito, Agence France-Presse, Tokyo Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will use a trip to Southeast Asian nations this week to try to strengthen Tokyo's economic and political influence in the region in the face of China's growing clout.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Hamzah to visit Aceh
Hamzah to visit Aceh BANDA ACEH: Vice President Hamzah Haz is scheduled to make an official visit to a remote regency of Simeulue island of the troubled province of Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam later this month.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Yuwono Susetyo remains silent on kidnapping
Yuwono Susetyo remains silent on kidnappingAinur R. Sophiaan, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya Yuwono Susetyo, chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjungan) in Ngawi, East Java, who was found tied up in a forest in Karanganyar, Central Java, two weeks ago remains silent about...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Reconciliation among PKB factions possible
Reconciliation among PKB factions possibleFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The possibility for reconciliation between two rival groups of the National Awakening Party (PKB) got a boost as Indonesia's largest Muslim organization Nadhlatul Ulama (NU), the base organization of the...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Prices rise, life gets harder for Jakartans
Prices rise, life gets harder for Jakartans JAKARTA (JP): With the price hikes in fuel, electricity, telephone rates and staple foods, residents find living in the city increasingly difficult, and most have yet to find any relief from the economic crisis.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
RI telecom deregulation underway
RI telecom deregulation underwayTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Major adjustments in industry structure, shifts in business focus and serious disputes marked last year's developments in the telecommunications sector as the country braces for a more liberalized industry.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Growth of cellular and fixed line phone subscribers
Growth of cellular and fixed line phone subscribers Year Fixed line Cellular1996 4.2 million 562,517 1997 4.98m 916,173 1998 5.57m 1.1m 1999 6.08m 2.22m 2000 6.66m 3.67m 2001* 7.1m 5.3m 2002** 7.4m 11m * as of Sept. 30, 2001 ** predictionSource: PT Telkom
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Abolition and human rights
Abolition and human rightsFrom Media IndonesiaRecently, there have been many arguments for and against the President's plan to drop all corruption charges against former president Soeharto.Of course, people have their own opinions.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Price hikes
Price hikes risk RI growth engine, analysts say2. Cell Cellular industry to invest US$1b this year3. Fund Thai government seeks to bolster share market image4. AOL AOL blocking plans to revive Asiaweek magazine: Report5. Batam Govt issues ruling on Batam tax exemption 6.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
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The liberalization of RI's telecoms has begun 2. Japan 2 X 32 BOJ chief says Japanese banks need injection of public funds 3. Hein ( 2 X 27) Heineken beer's boss dies at home of pneumonia aged 78 4. Defaul ( 1 X 32) 'Japan heading toward default' 5.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, January 7, 2002
Where to go in Jakarta: Monday, January 7, 2002Exhibitions * Stone Lithographs and Paintings by Ken Pattern, Koi Galeri/Restoran Jl Mahakam I/2 (Tel: 722 2864), 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. until Jan. 31. * Painting Menjemput Impian by Damay, Yaqub Elka, Zeita Gallery, Jl. Kemang Timur no.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Malaria attacks Banyumas, death toll reaches 54
Malaria attacks Banyumas, death toll reaches 54 OR10,000 people infected with malaria, 54 dieAgus Maryono The Jakarta Post BanyumasFollowing flooding that hit Banyumas last November, malaria, a tropical disease transferred by the Aegypty mosquito, has afflicted more than 10,000 locals living in...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Where should Kodam be positioned?
Where should Kodam be positioned?Emmy Fitri, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta In the big city of Jakarta, where there are neither simmering separatist movements nor challenges from foreign invaders, where should the dear soldiers of the city Military Command (Kodam) be positioned?Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, a...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Compaq disappoints me
Compaq disappoints meorCompaq disappoints It all began in August of last year, when I bought a Compaq laptop Presario 17565 at Fuji Image Plaza in Plaza Indonesia. At the beginning of December, I discovered a defect in my computer screen.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
1. Market (2 x 30)
1. Market (2 x 30) Pressure to remain on rupiah this week, analysts predict 2. Wall (2 x 40) 'January effect' helps the market but doesn't guarantee an endless rally 3. US ( 2 x 27) U.S. job cuts slow, raising hopes on economic recovery
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Military-Mega deal 'behind' delay of ad hoc trial
Military-Mega deal 'behind' delay of ad hoc trialKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Critics have urged the government of Megawati Soekarnoputri to speed up the ad hoc trial of military officers accused of human rights violations in East Timor in 1999 and Tanjungpriok, Jakarta, in 1984.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
State universities unprepared for 2 entrance exams
State universities unprepared for 2 entrance examsFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Leaders of state universities are less than enthused about a government plan to increase the number of enrollment tests to their institutions of higher learning to twice a year.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Cellular industry to invest US$1b
Cellular industry to invest US$1bTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The country's cellular phone operators will invest at least US$1 billion this year to expand their networks to cope with growing demand, the Association of Indonesian Cellular Operators (ATSI) says.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Pressure to remain on rupiah this week, analysts predict
Pressure to remain on rupiah this week, analysts predictDadan Wijaksana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta A high demand from corporations for U.S. dollars, coupled with the sliding value of regional currencies against the greenback, will continue to cast a shadow over the performance of the rupiah this...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Price hikes risk RI growth engine, analysts say
Price hikes risk RI growth engine, analysts sayBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Aggressive moves to raise fuel and electricity prices will ease subsidy pressure on the state budget, but undermine the only economic drive the government depends on, which is consumer spending, analysts say.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Govt issues ruling on Batam tax exemption
Govt issues ruling on Batam tax exemptionThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The government has issued a regulation to extend the time period for tax incentives on Batam island in Riau, which exempts companies on the island from value-added tax (VAT) and luxury tax.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Discord over 'syariah' causes PPP to split
Discord over 'syariah' causes PPP to splitFabiola Desy Unidjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The cause of an impending split in the Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) is not only a dispute over the party's congress, but also due to differences over a proposed adoption of Syariah (Islamic...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
1. PRICE: 50 pt, 2 cols, 4 x 12
1. PRICE: 50 pt, 2 cols, 4 x 12 Prices rise, life gets harder for Jakartans 2. FLOOD: 40 pt, 3 cols, 2 x 25 A comprehensive plan needed to prevent floods 3. MARUNDA: 36 pt, 3 cols, 1 x 28 Marunda locals to sue Sutiyoso 4. KODAM: 36 pt, 3 cols, 1 x 28 Where should Kodam be positioned?
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
High quality LCD monitors get closer to affordability
High quality LCD monitors get closer to affordabilityZatni Arbi, Columnist, Jakarta, zatni@cbn.net.id I requested a loan of the new TFT5030 LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor from PT Compaq Indonesia the moment I read Compaq's news release on this product.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Marunda locals to sue Sutiyoso
Marunda locals to sue Sutiyoso Marunda residents will soon file administrative lawsuits against Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso, chairman of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) Widjanarko Puspoyo and Attorney General M.A.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Bangka governor doubts they will receive Jakarta's trash
Bangka governor doubts they will receive Jakarta's trash Acting governor of Bangka-Belitung province Amur Muhasim said over the weekend that he doubted the Jakarta Administration would transport its garbage to the islands to refill tin-mining sites there.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Market operation will continue to address kerosene shortage
Market operation will continue to address kerosene shortageThe Jakarta Post, Palembang/Makassar The state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina would continue to conduct "market operations" in various parts of the country to help resolve the current kerosene shortage problem, Minister of Energy and...
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Malaria outbreak kills 54
Malaria outbreak kills 54Agus Maryono, The Jakarta Post, Banyumas An outbreak of malaria, a sometimes lethal tropical disease transmitted by the "bite" of Anopheline mosquitoes, had killed 54 out of some 10,000 people infected by the disease in Banyumas, West Java last month.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Freeze Soeharto's assets
Freeze Soeharto's assetsFrom Rakyat MerdekaAny formulation made by the House of Representatives (DPR) must be in accordance with the people's wishes, which is stated in the stipulation of the People Consultative Assembly no. XI/MPR/1998 article no.
Mon, 07 Jan 2002
Karang Tengah toll gate opened
Karang Tengah toll gate opened JAKARTA: State-owned toll road operator PT Jasa Marga started on Sunday the operation of the Karang Tengah toll gate, which is located on the Jakarta-Tangerang toll road, in a bid to ease traffic congestion at the Kebon Jeruk toll gate.